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| In the days of passenger service on the Thousand Islands Railway, interchange with CN was made from tracks located at the back (south) side of the station. |
This southeast-facing view of the Gananoque Junction station was exposed on August 17, 1993. Out of sight to the rear of the camera were the few remaining tracks of the interchange between the CN Kingston Subdivision mainline and the once-independent Thousand Islands Railway. This was a line that ran a few miles south to the town of Gananoque proper, located near the west end of the St. Lawrence River and referred to as The Gateway to the Thousand Islands. Originally conceived as the Gananoque and Rideau Railway, its name was quickly changed to TIR before freight and passenger service commenced in the late 1880s. The line was merged into CN in 1958, and passenger service was discontinued in 1962. Freight serviced steadily declined, leading to its termination in 1995. All remaining rails were lifted by 1997. The Gananoque (Junction) station currently is used by several Via trains each day on its Toronto-Ottawa run.
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